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What you need to know: This weblog captures key data points about the global telecoms industry. I use it as an electronic notebook to support my work for Pringle Media.

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Messaging and Calls Soar For Facebook

Facebook reported that total messaging on its services has increased more than 50% over the past month in Italy and other countries hit hardest by Covid-19. Moreover, in some places, voice and video calling have more than doubled on Messenger and WhatsApp, Facebook said. "The usage growth from Covid-19 is unprecedented across the industry, and we are experiencing new records in usage almost every day."

However, the company added: "We don’t monetise many of the services where we’re seeing increased engagement, and we’ve seen a weakening in our ads business in countries taking aggressive actions to reduce the spread of Covid-19." Source: Facebook statement